Eswatini

Eswatini Imports 2023

Complete list of Eswatini's 155 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$2.07B
Total imports (2023)
#163
Global import rank
155
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

Eswatini imported $2.07 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #163 largest importer. Goods came from 155 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 90.7% of total import value. The leading import was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $265.56 million 12.8% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All import sources

155 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1South Africa$1.48B71.46%
2China$159.46M7.70%
3India$74.01M3.57%
4USA$46.69M2.25%
5Mozambique$26.03M1.26%
6Ireland$22.07M1.07%
7Germany$20.91M1.01%
8United Arab Emirates$20.28M0.98%
9Japan$14.21M0.69%
10Italy$14.15M0.68%
11Egypt$13.49M0.65%
12Bahrain$12.82M0.62%
13United Kingdom$10.49M0.51%
14Other Asia, nes$10.10M0.49%
15Thailand$8.10M0.39%
16France$7.84M0.38%
17Australia$7.62M0.37%
18Lesotho$7.58M0.37%
19Austria$7.51M0.36%
20Morocco$7.23M0.35%
21Switzerland$6.36M0.31%
22Poland$5.33M0.26%
23Zimbabwe$5.19M0.25%
24Netherlands$4.67M0.23%
25Kuwait$4.66M0.23%
26Rep. of Korea$4.04M0.20%
27Belgium$4.03M0.19%
28Denmark$3.95M0.19%
29Brazil$3.81M0.18%
30Portugal$3.73M0.18%
31Israel$3.59M0.17%
32Indonesia$3.36M0.16%
33Argentina$3.34M0.16%
34Mauritius$3.21M0.16%
35Spain$2.96M0.14%
36Qatar$2.93M0.14%
37Türkiye$2.72M0.13%
38Cambodia$2.43M0.12%
39Pakistan$2.31M0.11%
40Czechia$2.28M0.11%
41Burkina Faso$2.00M0.10%
42Sri Lanka$1.90M0.09%
43Malaysia$1.88M0.09%
44Liberia$1.37M0.07%
45Canada$1.33M0.06%
46Russian Federation$1.27M0.06%
47Estonia$1.06M0.05%
48Viet Nam$1.01M0.05%
49Finland$947,5630.05%
50Singapore$888,9000.04%
51Saudi Arabia$876,4280.04%
52Sweden$850,1900.04%
53Madagascar$846,9570.04%
54Mexico$840,5780.04%
55Zambia$831,1990.04%
56China, Hong Kong SAR$736,7010.04%
57United Rep. of Tanzania$637,0280.03%
58Botswana$575,1060.03%
59Namibia$564,2620.03%
60Bangladesh$559,2720.03%
61Ethiopia$435,6230.02%
62Slovakia$393,7390.02%
63Uruguay$381,6830.02%
64Norway$368,1720.02%
65Kenya$354,2640.02%
66Iran$299,1600.01%
67Malta$245,7910.01%
68Lithuania$242,6230.01%
69Guyana$210,0000.01%
70Serbia$177,1870.01%
71Oman$159,9830.01%
72Nigeria$149,3980.01%
73New Zealand$146,7010.01%
74Bulgaria$129,2420.01%
75Philippines$104,5300.01%
76Hungary$103,3850.00%
77Romania$100,1400.00%
78Greece$66,0170.00%
79Trinidad and Tobago$57,4630.00%
80Myanmar$55,7810.00%
81Ecuador$51,8240.00%
82Dem. People's Rep. of Korea$50,5500.00%
83Andorra$49,9170.00%
84Dominican Rep.$35,0360.00%
85Iceland$30,9330.00%
86Montenegro$25,5920.00%
87Lao People's Dem. Rep.$24,1220.00%
88Malawi$20,9640.00%
89Slovenia$19,9600.00%
90Turks and Caicos Isds$17,4490.00%
91Sierra Leone$17,0110.00%
92Albania$14,9720.00%
93Ghana$14,1820.00%
94Latvia$11,2540.00%
95Jamaica$9,3740.00%
96Ukraine$9,1280.00%
97Suriname$9,0230.00%
98Senegal$8,5980.00%
99China, Macao SAR$8,4190.00%
100Chile$8,3420.00%
101Azerbaijan$8,1790.00%
102Lebanon$8,0220.00%
103Costa Rica$7,5860.00%
104Congo$7,3540.00%
105Georgia$6,0610.00%
106Tunisia$5,2880.00%
107Guatemala$5,2860.00%
108Bosnia Herzegovina$4,0550.00%
109Rep. of Moldova$4,0170.00%
110Panama$3,9350.00%
111Curaçao$3,2940.00%
112Gambia$3,2440.00%
113Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,0080.00%
114Tokelau$2,9890.00%
115Niger$2,4840.00%
116Rwanda$2,3310.00%
117Jordan$1,7340.00%
118Cyprus$1,4460.00%
119North Macedonia$1,4070.00%
120Venezuela$1,3020.00%
121Belize$1,2230.00%
122Uganda$1,0960.00%
123Bhutan$1,0200.00%
124Algeria$9640.00%
125Croatia$9290.00%
126El Salvador$7660.00%
127Colombia$7340.00%
128Dem. Rep. of the Congo$6670.00%
129Saint Kitts and Nevis$5920.00%
130Sudan$5740.00%
131Cocos Isds$5550.00%
132Peru$5460.00%
133Mali$5400.00%
134Barbados$4280.00%
135Mauritania$4230.00%
136Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$3150.00%
137Guinea$2060.00%
138Syria$1830.00%
139Belarus$1760.00%
140New Caledonia$1540.00%
141Kyrgyzstan$1480.00%
142Nicaragua$1260.00%
143Comoros$1110.00%
144Wallis and Futuna Isds$940.00%
145Niue$860.00%
146Timor-Leste$800.00%
147Br. Virgin Isds$620.00%
148Angola$590.00%
149American Samoa$570.00%
150Fiji$520.00%
151Tonga$400.00%
152Luxembourg$170.00%
153Armenia$100.00%
154Haiti$10.00%
155Paraguay$10.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$265.56M12.82%
2271600Electrical energy$85.69M4.14%
3100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed$41.46M2.00%
4330210Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries$31.12M1.50%
5300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$29.22M1.41%
6100630Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed$23.18M1.12%
7870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$22.61M1.09%
8252329Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured$19.92M0.96%
9521049Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing 200g/m2 or less, of yarns of different colours, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5210.4$19.51M0.94%
10220210Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured$18.92M0.91%
11230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil$18.77M0.91%
12100199Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed$18.29M0.88%
13870120Tractors: road, for semi-trailers$16.16M0.78%
14440111Wood: for fuel, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or similar forms, whether or not agglomerated, coniferous$15.76M0.76%
15481910Paper and paperboard: cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard$11.92M0.58%
16220300Beer: made from malt$11.74M0.57%
17291814Acids: carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), citric acid$10.79M0.52%
18170230Sugars: glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose, the syrup not containing added flavouring or colouring matter$10.53M0.51%
19521021Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, bleached, plain weave, weighing 200g/m2 or less$10.27M0.50%
20293930Alkaloids: caffeine and its salts$10.18M0.49%
21280920Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids$9.81M0.47%
22310520Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium$9.80M0.47%
23540761Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments$9.56M0.46%
24870323Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc$9.43M0.46%
25480411Kraft paper and paperboard: kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803$9.18M0.44%
26310210Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution$8.99M0.43%
27870899Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708$8.90M0.43%
28130120Gum Arabic$8.43M0.41%
29851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$8.36M0.40%
30293214Heterocyclic compounds: with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure, sucralose$8.32M0.40%
31220600Beverages, fermented: (e.g. cider, perry, mead, sake)$8.18M0.39%
32190490Food preparations: cereal or cereal products (excluding maize), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared$8.09M0.39%
33110100Wheat or meslin flour$7.99M0.39%
34220830Whiskies$7.78M0.38%
35870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc$7.69M0.37%
36210390Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings$7.62M0.37%
37382200Reagents: diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading no. 3002 or 3006: certified reference material$7.47M0.36%
38340119Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use$7.45M0.36%
39520849Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, of yarns of different colours, of weaves n.e.c. in item no. 5208.4, weighing not more than 200g/m2$7.30M0.35%
40150710Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified$7.24M0.35%
41870410Vehicles: dumpers, designed for off-highway use, for transport of goods$7.19M0.35%
42380859Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, disinfectants, herbicides and the like: containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: not DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$6.85M0.33%
43270119Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated$6.79M0.33%
44040120Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%$6.71M0.32%
45040711Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens)$6.67M0.32%
46390210Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms$6.49M0.31%
47847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$6.38M0.31%
48961900Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material$6.13M0.30%
49190531Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa$6.13M0.30%
50730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308$6.07M0.29%
51210690Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10$5.82M0.28%
52851770Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts$5.76M0.28%
53392321Ethylene polymers: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods$5.70M0.28%
54230990Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding$5.54M0.27%
55940350Furniture: wooden, for bedroom use$5.48M0.26%
56270111Coal: anthracite, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated$5.37M0.26%
57340290Washing and cleaning preparations: surface-active, whether or not containing soap (excluding those of heading no. 3401), including auxiliary washing preparations, not for retail sale$5.21M0.25%
58170490Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa$5.17M0.25%
59640419Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials$5.13M0.25%
60870422Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$5.09M0.25%
61392390Plastics: articles for the conveyance or packing of goods n.e.c. in heading no. 3923$5.05M0.24%
62870333Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 2500cc$5.03M0.24%
63091099Spices: n.e.c. in heading no. 0910$5.02M0.24%
64730820Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts$4.91M0.24%
65151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified$4.91M0.24%
66851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$4.87M0.24%
67551321Fabrics, woven: plain weave, dyed, containing less than 85% by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, not exceeding 170g/m2$4.81M0.23%
68854449Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors$4.58M0.22%
69853690Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$4.57M0.22%
70482020Paper and paperboard: exercise books$4.55M0.22%
71330112Oils, essential: of orange (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes$4.51M0.22%
72392329Plastics: sacks and bags (including cones), for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics other than ethylene polymers$4.48M0.22%
73870423Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. exceeding 20 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1$4.42M0.21%
74490199Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91$4.36M0.21%
75392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$4.33M0.21%
76721041Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically)$4.33M0.21%
77252310Cement clinkers (whether or not coloured)$4.29M0.21%
78940360Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use$4.26M0.21%
79870210Vehicles: public transport type (carries 10 or more persons, including driver), with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), new or used$4.21M0.20%
80901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018$4.18M0.20%
81292429Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates) and their derivatives: other than the derivatives and salts of ureines, 2-acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthancillic acid),ethinamate S, and alachlor (ISO) and their derivatives and salts$4.11M0.20%
82640299Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics$4.04M0.20%
83848180Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves$4.04M0.20%
84220421Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less$4.02M0.19%
85380893Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles$4.01M0.19%
86400219Rubber: synthetic, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber (XSBR), (other than latex), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip$3.96M0.19%
87190120Food preparations: mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares$3.93M0.19%
88520513Cotton yarn: (not sewing thread), single, of uncombed fibres, 85% or more by weight of cotton, less than 232.56 but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43 but not exceeding 52 metric number), not for retail sale$3.91M0.19%
89210410Soups and broths and preparations therefor$3.90M0.19%
90340120Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11$3.90M0.19%
91382499Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824$3.86M0.19%
92600632Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed$3.86M0.19%
93401110Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)$3.85M0.19%
94721011Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with tin, thickness of 0.5mm or more$3.80M0.18%
95220850Gin and geneva$3.78M0.18%
96300220Vaccines: for human medicine$3.73M0.18%
97481160Paper and paperboard: coated or impregnated with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol, other than goods of heading no. 4803, 4809, or 4810$3.68M0.18%
98481810Paper articles: toilet paper$3.66M0.18%
99330499Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations)$3.57M0.17%
100392330Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods$3.52M0.17%